Eric M Walter is a partner with Armstrong Teasdale LLP, focusing his practice on representing businesses in the legalized cannabis industry. He has successfully represented companies applying for state licenses to cultivate, manufacture, and dispense cannabis and cannabis-infused products. Mr. Walter represents a significant percentage of the license-holding entities in Missouri. An active and influential advisor to the industry, he was a member of the committee responsible for drafting Missouri Amendment 3 that legalized recreational cannabis use in the state. Mr. Walter earned his B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Missouri and his J.D. degree (Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review, Articles Editor (1996-1998) from the University of Missouri School of Law. He is a member of the The Missouri Bar, International Cannabis Bar Association, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Marijuana Law Committee, chair) and State Bar of Texas. Mr. Walter is admitted to practice in Missouri and Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth circuits; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern districts of Missouri; and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois.
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